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South Carolina News
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While many of the rivers are starting to recede in South Carolina, some remain at critical levels as we head into the weekend. -
A three-day strike by the International Longshoremen's Association has been suspended allowing time for negotiations on wages. -
After a relatively slow start to the hurricane season, things changed pretty quickly. Find out what you can expect for the rest of the season. -
Gov. Henry McMaster and other state officials held a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, to talk about the latest response and cleanup after Hurricane Helene. -
Recovery efforts in the Carolinas is ramping up as the one week anniversary of catastrophic Hurricane Helene nears. -
Pickens County has, so far, not reported any storm-related deaths. But much of the county was destroyed by Tropical Storm Helene.
Latest Episodes of the SC Business Review
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Provided/ProvidedRecent research shows a disturbing trend among employees that a S.C. organization is working to reverse. -
Provided/ProvidedHost Mike Switzer interviews Christopher Taylor, vice chancellor for external affairs and chief of staff at the University of South Carolina Upstate, and the organizer of the 2nd Annual Upstate Talent Forum in Spartanburg, S.C.
Latest episodes of Walter Edgar's Journal
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Library of CongressIn their book, Reconstruction beyond 150: Reassessing the New Birth of Freedom, Vernon Burton and Brent Morris have brought together the best new scholarship, synthesizing social, political, economic, and cultural approaches to understanding a crucial period in our country’s history. They talk with us about how the their project came about, and about how many "reconstructions" our country has seen since the Civil War. -
Timothy J/FlickrThis week, we will be talking with Dr. Judith Bainbridge about her book, A Short History of Greenville (2024, USC Press). The book is a concise and engaging history that traces Greenville, SC's development from backcountry settlement to one of America's best small citiesIn our conversation with Judith we will concentrate the growth Greenville's textile industry and its demise, the economic decline of the city, and its rebirth as a haven for business and tourism in the twenty-first century.
Latest Episodes of the SC Lede
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Matt Rourke/AP PhotoOn this episode of the South Carolina Lede for October 2, 2024: the ongoing recovery efforts from Tropical Storm Helene; some of the key moments from Tuesday evening’s one-and-only vice presidential debate; part of host Gavin Jackson’s interview with AP reporter Jeffrey Collins who witnessed the first execution of a South Carolina inmate in 13 years; and more! -
More Local and National News
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Lillie Cunningham recently celebrated her 110th birthday. She has lived through two pandemics and two world wars and is looking forward to voting in November's presidential election. -
The unnamed woman claims Brooks sexually assaulted her several times while she worked for him as a makeup artist. Brooks says the woman is exploiting him for money. -
NPR visits the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, where a white supremacist mass shooting took place 12 years ago. -
They debated, they wrote memoirs, they got inaugurated, they turned 100. What else did political people do? Plus: wildlife's gonna wildlife -
Devastation left by Hurricane Helene. Escalated tensions in the Middle East. The Harris campaign is navigating a pair of October surprises as Election Day draws closer. -
The latest strikes came after Israel warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon that are outside a United Nations-declared buffer zone. -
The governor of the South Kivu province said the death toll was provisional and the number of fatalities could rise further. He said there were 278 people on board, according to local authorities. -
The International Longshoremen's Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, representing ocean carriers and port operators, agreed to extend the contract and continue bargaining over all other issues. -
A jury in Memphis convicted three former officers on some charges in a federal civil rights case. The ex-cops beat him to death last year after a traffic stop, and conspired to cover up the attack. -
As the Nobel Peace Prize committee recoqnise the work of Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms, shortlisting them for a Nobel Peace Prize, NPR'S correspondent Emmanuel Akinwotu reports from one of war time Sudan's few remaining hospitals, on the edge of the capital Khartoum.
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